diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 76791aa..9f2bcd7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.0-experimental
 FROM alpine AS builder
 RUN apk add --no-cache build-base cargo
 WORKDIR /usr/src
@@ -5,15 +6,19 @@ RUN USER=root cargo new snekcloud-server
 WORKDIR /usr/src/snekcloud-server
 COPY Cargo.toml Cargo.lock ./
 COPY src ./src
-RUN cargo build --release
-WORKDIR target/release/
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=target \
+    cargo build --release
+RUN mkdir /tmp/snekcloud
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=target cp target/release/snekcloud-server /tmp/snekcloud/
+WORKDIR /tmp/snekcloud
 RUN ./snekcloud-server generate-key private_key
 RUN timeout 1s ./snekcloud-server || exit 0
 RUN cp config/00_default.toml config/10_local.toml
+RUN rm private_key
 
 FROM alpine
 RUN apk add --no-cache build-base
-COPY --from=builder /usr/src/snekcloud-server/target/release/snekcloud-server .
-COPY --from=builder /usr/src/snekcloud-server/target/release/config /
-COPY --from=builder /usr/src/snekcloud-server/target/release/private_key /
+COPY --from=builder /tmp/snekcloud/snekcloud-server .
+COPY --from=builder /tmp/snekcloud/config /
 ENTRYPOINT ["/snekcloud-server"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8516db5..d102b27 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -57,21 +57,8 @@ fn main() -> SnekcloudResult<()> {
 
     if let Some(command) = opt.sub_command {
         match command {
-            SubCommand::GenerateKey(options) => {
-                let key = generate_private_key();
-                let string_content = armor_private_key(key);
-                fs::write(options.output_file, string_content)?;
-            }
-            SubCommand::WriteInfoFile(options) => {
-                settings.validate();
-                let key = get_private_key(&settings)?;
-                let data = NodeData::with_addresses(
-                    settings.node_id,
-                    settings.listen_addresses,
-                    key.public_key(),
-                );
-                data.write_to_file(options.output_file)?;
-            }
+            SubCommand::GenerateKey(options) => generate_key(&options.output_file)?,
+            SubCommand::WriteInfoFile(options) => write_info_file(&settings, &options.output_file)?,
         }
     } else {
         start_server(opt, &settings)?;
@@ -80,16 +67,45 @@ fn main() -> SnekcloudResult<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn start_server(_options: Opt, settings: &Settings) -> SnekcloudResult<()> {
+fn generate_key(output_file: &PathBuf) -> SnekcloudResult<()> {
+    log::info!("Generating new private key to {:?}", output_file);
+    let key = generate_private_key();
+    let string_content = armor_private_key(key);
+    fs::write(output_file, string_content)?;
+    log::trace!("Done!");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn write_info_file(settings: &Settings, output_file: &PathBuf) -> SnekcloudResult<()> {
     settings.validate();
-    let keys = read_node_keys(&settings.node_data_dir)?;
-    let private_key = get_private_key(settings)?;
+    let key = get_private_key(&settings)?;
     let data = NodeData::with_addresses(
         settings.node_id.clone(),
         settings.listen_addresses.clone(),
-        private_key.public_key(),
+        key.public_key(),
     );
-    data.write_to_file(settings.node_data_dir.join(PathBuf::from("local.toml")))?;
+    log::info!("Writing info file to {:?}", output_file);
+    data.write_to_file(output_file.clone())?;
+    log::info!("Done!");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn start_server(_options: Opt, settings: &Settings) -> SnekcloudResult<()> {
+    if !settings.private_key.exists() {
+        generate_key(&settings.private_key)?;
+    }
+    settings.validate();
+    let keys = read_node_keys(&settings.node_data_dir)?;
+    let private_key = get_private_key(settings)?;
+    write_info_file(
+        &settings,
+        &settings
+            .node_data_dir
+            .clone()
+            .join(PathBuf::from("local.toml")),
+    )?;
 
     let mut server = SnekcloudServer::new(
         settings.node_id.clone(),
@@ -108,6 +124,7 @@ fn start_server(_options: Opt, settings: &Settings) -> SnekcloudResult<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[inline]
 fn get_private_key(settings: &Settings) -> SnekcloudResult<SecretKey> {
     extract_private_key(&fs::read_to_string(&settings.private_key)?)
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/keys.rs b/src/utils/keys.rs
index 57f3666..34e6910 100644
--- a/src/utils/keys.rs
+++ b/src/utils/keys.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ pub fn read_node_keys(path: &PathBuf) -> SnekcloudResult<Vec<Node>> {
 }
 
 /// Reads the private key from a file
+#[inline]
 pub fn extract_private_key(content: &str) -> SnekcloudResult<SecretKey> {
     let bytes = extract_key(content, PRIVATE_KEY_HEADER_LINE, PRIVATE_KEY_FOOTER_LINE)?;
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ pub fn extract_private_key(content: &str) -> SnekcloudResult<SecretKey> {
 }
 
 /// Reads the public key from a file
+#[inline]
 pub fn extract_public_key(content: &str) -> SnekcloudResult<PublicKey> {
     let bytes = extract_key(content, PUBLIC_KEY_HEADER_LINE, PUBLIC_KEY_FOOTER_LINE)?;
 
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ fn extract_key(content: &str, prefix: &str, suffix: &str) -> SnekcloudResult<[u8
 }
 
 /// Encodes and encases the public key for text representation
+#[inline]
 pub fn armor_public_key(key: PublicKey) -> String {
     armor_key(
         key.to_bytes(),
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ pub fn armor_public_key(key: PublicKey) -> String {
 }
 
 /// Encodes and encases the secret key for text representation
+#[inline]
 pub fn armor_private_key(key: SecretKey) -> String {
     armor_key(
         key.to_bytes(),
@@ -95,11 +99,13 @@ pub fn armor_private_key(key: SecretKey) -> String {
 }
 
 /// Returns an armored key
+#[inline]
 fn armor_key(key: [u8; 32], prefix: &str, suffix: &str) -> String {
     format!("{}{}{}", prefix, base64::encode(key), suffix)
 }
 
 /// Generates a new private key
+#[inline]
 pub fn generate_private_key() -> SecretKey {
     SecretKey::generate(&mut rand::thread_rng())
 }